Category: Storytelling

While not necessarily a photo of only myself, I wanted the chance to use this celebratory photograph taken after we called a wrap on the 13th day of our Senior Narrative. The photo includes myself and my co-director E. Fey, two of our principal actors Jennifer Fey and Joshua Hackworth, and the remaining extras and crewmembers who stayed to the end. At one time, we had over a dozen and a half cast and crew on-set, our largest and final shoot of the film.

To represent the comfort and convenience of the modern world, I thought I’d take advantage of a recent exhibition of CalTrain’s new high-speed electric train system. The trains are now much smoother, more comfortable, and faster, in addition to being more environmentally-friendly. The exhibition also had lots of information on how this railroad line has evolved over time, and it is quite amazing how far it has come from the steam age.

I decided to go a little meta with this one and represent my chosen sin, “sloth” with my lack of progress made on my photo blog assignments up to this point, showing a list of shots I needed to do crumpled into an overfull garbage bucket.

This shot was taken during pick-up shooting for my narrative film, which is already in the film noir style. Thanks to this, I was able to use the lights and one of the main props: an antique and ornate revolver. This was taken on the brick floor of an alleyway downtown.

This shot is probably the one for which I took the most takes, though I ended up being happiest with the second or third. I sat with my tripod low down on the side of the road and went fishing for angles I liked as the cars passed. I particularly enjoy how the long exposure captures not just the streaks from the cars’ headlights, but the light cast from them onto the street and other objects.

These flowers that grow in our front garden have always been my favorite, and love the way they match the purple flowers on the left and their light, frilly edges. I featured them in my experimental film in the beginning of the year.

Our neighbors are currently in the process of moving out, and soon somebody new will move in to take their place. I took this opportunity to capture the in-between moments, when the new owner is unknown, a stranger.

To depict age, I chose to photograph the worn surface of an old desk we have, in extreme close-up, to show the scuffs and scrapes from years of use.

This photo is of the shadow of a set of chimes we have hanging on our front door. This shot was far more difficult to to get than I thought, as I had to block out the ambient light and hold my phone’s flashlight from above, while still balancing and keeping the camera steady. I think it turned out alright.

For this prompt, I chose a pile of LEGO bricks, because I love building with them, and a pile of assorted elements is perfect for creating anything new that you would like.